[On original title page, mostly in the hand of a copyist:] "Scènes dramatiques (5ème Suite d'Orchestre.) No 1. La tempête (Ariel et les Esprits) No 2. Le Sommeil de Desdémone No 3 Ronde nocturne dans le jardin de Juliette) No 4 Macbeth. -- (Les sorcières -- le Festin -- l'apparition [The next line is in Massenet's hand:] Couronnement du roi Malcolm; fanfares.) Partition d'Orchestre [The next two lines are in Massenet's hand:] Fontainebleau -- Juillet 1874 J. Massenet." [Over this has been pasted a leaf in a copyist's hand reading:] "Scènes dramatiques (3e Suite d'orchestre) I. Prélude et Divertissement (La Tempête. Ariel et les Esprits) 2. Mélodrame (Le Sommeil de Desdémone[)] [The next line has been crossed out:] 3. Entracte 4. [crossed out, replaced with 3.] Scène finale (Macbeth[)] Partition d'orchestre"
Massenet has written dedications on the first page of each movement: 1: "à mon ami J. Armingaud"; 2: "à Madame Pauline Viardot"; and 3: "à mon ami E. Lalo."
Copyist's manuscript of the three-movement suite. The original caption title of each movement has been changed as follows: 1. "La Tempête," changed to "Prélude et Divertissement"; 2. "Le Sommeil de Desdémone," changed to "Mélodrame"; and 3. "Macbeth (Les sorcières [etc.]," changed to "Scène finale."
Massenet has rewritten the harp part on p. 4-7 of the "Mélodrame."
G. Hartmann, with his stamp on the title page.
Hartmann, Georges, d. 1900, former owner.
Armingaud, Jules, 1820-1900, dedicatee.
Viardot-García, Pauline, 1821-1910, dedicatee.
Lalo, Edouard, 1823-1892, dedicatee.